Wild Fires, Air Purifiers and Sound Systems


The following is a question for western audiophiles.

The current wildfires have caused so much devastation. Yet we are seeing increasing numbers of summers where we are forced to stay indoors because of hazardous air quality from fires.

Lots of folks invest in cleaning up their power supplies and treating their listening rooms for the best sound possible. When we replaced our HVAC last year, we chose a system with passive filtration and active purification. That has done a remarkable job, but my listening room which goes directly outdoors still suffered from some smoke infiltration. So we need to purchase a portable additional unit, and I put in an order for one (back order, because everyone has same idea). What I didn’t consider was the frequency of the fans (not that one can find those specs easily). Since these work best when run continuously, the noise they produce is hard to avoid.

Does anyone have a brand of air purifier, which, while in operation, is least disruptive to the music?

This may seem an absurd and privileged question to ask when so much life is at stake. In one sense, it is; but like COVID-19, we westerners are all going to have to learn to live with these periodic conflagrations. We might as well have the healing power of music to help.
dramatictenor
Living in an apartment built in the '70s, my option was to go for some Germguardian HEPA devices a couple of years ago. Just an hour ago, I had to order two more filters as the ones I have aren't doing as good a job as they used to.

Upon awakening, I can smell the ashes even though I have blackout curtains as well as vertical blinds and run the filters all day long during these fires. The smell goes away but taking a look at them shows they're at the end of their effectiveness. 

That, and there's now more dust on everything.

All the best,
Nonoise
If you put a motorized unit in the listening room the electrical noise might be as bad or worse than the acoustic noise. At least put ferrite clamps on its power cord

My accoustic and electric engineer friends have told me only to use ferrite if I am hearing electrical noise. Given how clean my electricity is, I will keep this in mind but probably don’t need to. Of course I have not yet gotten a unit to deal with so let’s see what happens. 
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Thank you Steakster. This is a really useful endorsement. And your multiple purchases give me a sense of confidence. How wonderful to have devices to address asthma. I guess these fires have made us all a bit more sensitive to what it’s like to live with asthma on an ongoing basis.